Welcome to the IFSW Asia-Pacific Regional webpage. This page is to support the regional connections of IFSW Asia-Pacific members and a place for members to post news items and information that is of importance to the development of social work in the region. Please scroll down to see the latest regional information.
IFSW has 5 regional structures. Asia-Pacific is largest geographically and most culturally diverse. The IFSW Regional President is Rose Henderson who is based in New Zealand
Please send your news items to asia.pacific@ifsw.org and we will post them as soon as possible.
Asia-Pacific Executive Committee
Rose Henderson, New Zealand
Regional President
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Sriganesh MV, India
Regional Vice-President
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Teoh Ai Hua, Malaysia
Honorary Secretary
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Machiko Ohara, Japan
Treasurer
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Publications Secretary
Gary Xia, Australia
Immediate Past President
Mariko Kimura, Japan
Portfolio
IFSW Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2021 Liaison
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IFSW Asia Pacific Representative on IFSW Indigenous Committee
Linda Ford, Australia
IFSW Asia Pacific Regional Development Officer (JFSW)
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Commissions
Regional representatives of the Interim Education Commission
Mariko Kimura (Japan)
Regional representatives of the Human Right Commission
Raed Amira (Palestine) and Luis Arevalo (New Zealand)
Regional representatives of the Ethics Commission
Co-ordinating Regional Representative: Hassan Mousavi Chelak (Iran)
Regional Representatives:
Sukrita Rai, Nepal
Yvonne Crichton-Hill, New Zealand
Regional representatives of the United Nations Commission
Kae Kotbungkair, Regional Commissioner, Thailand
Yolanda Wang (China); Sug Pyo Kim (South Korea); Sebastian Cordoba (Australia); Jude Douglas (New Zealand); Suresh Pathare (India), Hamed Olamee (Iran)
Regional representatives of the Indigenous Commission
Main Representative: Carole Tana-Tepania (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Representatives Dr Ling How Kee (Malaysia); Yangjian (Yvonne) (China); Linda Ford (Australia)